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'i i!h. the B..I. m be
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,w, .mure hk1'"! 18 lhii
"ri;11-1t., mr.i..n. .l..ll.r ..
J. Th! ..I,r iw-.wei.ls of Clerks and Sheriff.
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rZ,i;r !.r-f -''"' . ,he y"r-.
Uitn t to ll- Kdilor must be iosi-uanl.
VJI K JUTIXO KISS.
pr,irt a Lady's Album.
Bt 'MIMABKAU B. IAMAS.
Hi d. did not o'ertalce hie bad Intent,
And therefor niunt be buried as on intent
TUt pert died by the way. Shaketpeare.
The driver sounded hi horn, and in
nBe ,mir more, I " depart the
iave for native State. The idea
Mf Jutting the Inline ul njr childhood
meeting wi'li brother and sisters,
,nJ behtddin;; mice wre-'iy aged pa
rents before tlte grave should hide them
f.irever from my view, filled me with
n.iture which I hail never experienced
before. Mreaily transported inititagi
nation ocr the lung journey, l received
l'it jiivitus welcome of the happy family.
My v'miI old fa'her met me at the gate
with'the kindest demonstration ol affec
tum; uiv mother, now feeble with years,
an I trt'inMiiig with affliction, tottered
tTH-wtt-l"w4he.Attepa.4it-grasp my.
liuiil & uimMe to rentrain her feelings,
Irir-t into tears, whilst my little sister
Clara rati to my arms, and folding hers
about my m' k. could not n-frain, even
in the midst of her gladness, from af
fectionately i hiding me for not answer
jiicr 1,,-r Iftiei. Blessed little sister!
J kiotcd her pretty ba k eye, and pro
mised to du better ill future; and there
wan a jnv aye n rapture, even in this
reverie of iuiaaittttiion, wWeh if it could
nut last, I would nut barter , for a
woi Id's wealth and alt its honors be
Sltlcst. . - " '
Hut every bliss has its bane. The
reflection that 1 had to part with Fanny
Morrison, whom 1 so much loved, even
Uifto adoration, soon put an.endto this
glow of happy -feeling, aird spread' Tri
ty heart a corresponding poignancy
til misery. ThWis the nature of hu
man happinexs. There is not a glad
emotion of the breast which is not
tjiiiclilv chased by some obstrusive
care. "The visit ttf joy are as short as
those of the votaries of lashionable life;
ml the ..bosom that is elated by her
'transitory presence, will as surely ex
perience an equal depression at her de
nurture. Her smiles are like the vivid
flashes of lightning -that play upon the
brown cheek of night, but vanish in an
instant, and leave behind fourfold tlark
ne'. 1 thought of home, and my soul
einaiKkd- l'thousht of Fanny,, aud it
uk in ileiection. I loved thfs fair.
and excellent creature, not that the
beauty of her whole sex seemed epilo
in'rwil in her form and face, but more
for the hkher brilliancy of her polished
miiiil, and above all, because of her
unsophisticated" purity of heart- Mj
luve was reciprocated. Daily we re
newed our vows of perpetual constancy,
anil tiie ereen-tved monster. Jealousy,
never sullied' our minds or disturbed
or repose; but mutually confiding,
we enjoyed all the luxurv of tenderest
- afleetinn, unmixed with the bitterness
'4b.wtrtawi-u.-thexe-he.
.such a thing ax positive happiness on
fth, "it is this; it is this." From
my first acquaintance with Fannv, I
hail never beeu separated from her a
week at a time to part with her now,
wd posaiblr forever, it seemed like
death.
I had already taken leave of her on
the evening ot the preceding day, but
" nw that I was abourioenter upon my
journey immediately, 1 could not ie
wt the inclination which increased in
rilor as the tune, of departure drew
nearer, to gae upon her innocent face
mice mure; otice more to seize her lair
"ft hand, ami say "good bye." I
kastennl to her dwelling. She was at
er piano, playing the plantive air of
Wye;" the very tune which of
'l others 1 most delight to hear; and
he could play too with such enchant
ing skill o touching to the hearti
es I entered the room she ceased the
waste, but quickly resumed at my re
piest,antl accompanied the instrument
" ith a voice that breathed all the magic
harmony of Aourmahal. She sang,
"Pare the well since tbou tnut leave bi,
But Oli! let not our parting grieve thee,
"For I will 'tilt bo. thine believe me."
And there was an applicabililyTirthese
rd to my situation, ruch a suitable
Hess of sentiment to the occasion, that
..'. "ade them ink deep ' into ray heart;
id althsugh I cannot say that the mu
like St. Cuttiu'i, "tlrew an Angel
flown," I will say she sang like an
Angel, and wore all the celestial Jove
"ness of one. Could the song never
t,0?nil her beaaty never die, who
, r,u'd ask for a brighter Heaven!
As aha finl-k-.l iL. ! .1 I ..--I
" lid f ,t, 1 , : k
ming face with "bonny blue eyes"
pwt me, she said I now have a task
',r J t perform.' "And what is
?'. I enquird.X-It is," said
.'"' compliance with your promise.
a
made a long time ao, to write an ori
ginal piece in my Album the evening
is favorable far poetry am'. I insist up
OirTOtrr writwK,,"At first l -thought
this-warmerely intended to divert inj
mind from the melancholy which she
perceived was gathering around it t for
1 was so far from ever being guilty of
writing poetry, mar l really count not
believe for S iiuinent, tbatslie serious
ly thought me capable of such perpe
tration; but in a few minutes she took
from the book case a neatly bound Al
bum, and spreading it on the Jable
where pen and ink were previously
placed, she invited me to (he task with
an air of solemnity, which could not
fail to c nitvince me that the request
was made more in earnest than through
courtesy. 'What could I do? Iliad
nut thrf heart to refuse, nor the genius
to comply. My brain ws as dry "as
the remainder biscuit after a voyage."
Never did I stand so much in need of
mind, or deplore its wants so much as
on this occasion; True the evening
was serene and beautiful, apd might
have,warmet! the breast that had the
least spark of poetic feeling about it;
but n'ine had no dormant energies of
this nature to awaken, awl neither the
kindling influence of fino weather, nor
the more inspiring powcr of Fanny's
presence, could remove my constitu
tional inability to rhyme. To attempt
it, I knew very well that the failure
would be so completely shameful that
I should loose much of her esteem, anil
yet not to do iT,"niusrtneviHb1ytnxnir
her most serious displeasure. I deter
mined however to risk the attempt;
and seating myself by the table, I
seized the pen in despair, dipped it in
the stand, and turning my eyes up
wards, but not in ''fine frenzy rotting."
I began cogitating on what subject I
should fix foi my fanciful effusion.
I had remained in this attitude but a
short time before my musings appeared
to be unceremoniously interrupted.
The whole family were in busy uproar.
The servants were running in every
direction, from room to room, all ac
tively engaged in cleaning and decora
ting the mansion. Some were hang
ing new damask curtains over the win
dows some regulating the glasses on
a well loaded sideboard others re
plenishing the flower-pots with water
and fresh roses, whilst Fanny's young
est sister was fantastically ornament
ing a pair of large candle sticks with
paper leaves. The Turkey carpet was
moved and tH floor -tlry-rW4 in
deed all the preparations usua ly made
lor a dancing party wert going on, and
apparently for that purpose. Pre
sently a servant girl entered the room
with a bundle of evergreens, with
which she commenced decorating the
mantle-piece, and then proceeded to a
large mirror, that hang on the wall op
posite to tne in such a position that it
reflected to my view the image of Fan
ny as she lay reclining on the sofa in a
thoughtful and pensive manner. Her
countenance is frequently tinged with
a slight melancholy; but now, it seem
ed to wear a deep gloom. I certainly
had never seen her face so clouded by
sadness before; her mind appeared to
be abstracted, for she took no notice of
what was rnins: on until the servant maid
enquired if she designed to have the
walls of the parlor festooned with the
vines. -"Do as you please," site re
plied, and rising from the sofa she left
the room with a tear as I thought,
atrtlrtnne"rioft11ar'te: Wnirt
was th fftfsn'pg of ll ii'tfc? I f Quid
form no nossiWe conjecture. I en
quireil of the servant her words were
as a dagger to my heart. ' Why, have
yon not heard,", said she, "that this is
j
Miss Fanny's wedding nightr" I could
hear no more; the maid would have
proceeded, but my brain reeled, anil I
f 1 1 ..I d . . f . !
let 1 upon tne nottrin a state 01 insensi
bility. How long I remained in that
situation, "I kno not; but was Awak
ened from it by the entrance of a tall
young gentleman of handsome deport
ment ami , splendidly attired, witn a
"broad felicity of face" bespeaking a
1 light mind and a happy heart. It was
for his coming that all these pre para -!
tiunsVere made, for he was my happy
rival who was that very flight to be
married to the fair Fanr.v. Prompted
by desparation I flew at the villian's
throat. He fled, lie was my friend;
we were born in the same village, edu
cated at the same school, had been in
timate from our boyish days, I wore
him in my ''heart's core," and not a
circumstance had ever transpired until
the present occurrence, to weaken the
bond of brotherhood that bound us to
gether. Of all my acquaintances, he
was the only one to whom I had com
municated theeerrotof my attachment
to Fanny. He abased that confidence
to supplant me in her affections. , And
shall 1 bow in degrading humiliation to
the wrong? No rather let me perish
first. Cursed be the coward arm that
falters in a just revenge. .With im
precations on my rival's head, I fled
the habitation.
All idea of my journey was now
banished from my mind, my every
thought was devoted to revenge; my
heart was a furnace of exasperated pas
sions; my very blood boiled , for re
vengeance. Retiring to my room, I
whetted my dagger and reloaded my
pistol. "I will mar his mirth," said I
MT. COTEDITESIIA
to mysel f, "I will burst upon him in the
midst of his anticipated heaven, like
an unexpected JlbelinoS' And let not
tMUtea,pkty,dia)0
vengeance as unrighteous. The ser
pent was crushed in the earth because
of his his guile which converted the
bjpqm of Eden to a wilderness of woe,
and so should the demon still be crush
l, when forsaking his reptile 8ua(ie,
he assumes the human form, and
spreads over the paradise of the bear!
a wintry desolation Reader, when
you shall love as 1 have loved, and be
supplaned by a wretch calling himself
your friend, but whose smiles are the
very "fiends' arch mock," then will
you be ready to exclaim- with me
"who'l sleep in safety that hath done
this wrong? ' '
I know not how the time passed oflT,
but nightfall had come on. Dressing
myself in apparel suited for the wed
ding, thither I went, went, sternly de
termined to 'Bpeak daggers"' to the
bride, and to use them on the treacher
ous author "of my' misfortune. The
guests had assembled and the nuptial
hour was almost arrived; the bride's
maid was placing the last flower in the
bridal wreath, and as she twined it in
the shining curl, I heard her distinct
ly singing the beautiful lines. 'of Mrs.
Hcmans, ,. ,
"Bring flow'ra, bring flW'ra for the bride to
wear,
They were born to blush in her ahming hair,
tnt i leaving the scene of her childish mirth,
She ha bill farewell tn her father hearth,
tler'plawle'liowTiy'ndUie'rt
U ring flow'rs. fur the lock of the fair young
The long parlor-ivas splendidly illu
minated. . The chandelier suspended
in the centre threw around a brilliant
light which the mirrors augmented by
reflection, whilst the warm flashes
from the 6parklihg "eyes of the laugh
ing girls added to the bla.e and made
the room glow with the lustre of the
skies; the light of heaven was there.
And merriment was there. , The young
voices, mingling in sprightly conversa
tion, wel'e so many sepearate tones of
melody ; and mirth Was4n al4 all was
gladness; and to one 'whose heart had
not been rendered impenetrablejo joy,
it was sweet to look upon the inno
cent faces and to witness the unaffec
ted vivacity that prevailed. Once I
could have enjoyed the scene: but the
chord in my bosom that might have vi
brated in unison, was nowsnapped assun
tier: And amidnt fill this irniefv nml inv
a K----jarttAiilnulit mill. I
night darknesss, still brooding over lisp" ' swfred at it tnrobbing tern-
ruin and nourishing its gloomy wrath
I mixed not with the joyous company,
hvt retiring to the I eiirotcst turner ul
the room, I folded my arms, and wai
ted impatiently the coming of the
bridegroom & his bride, where I might
take pven at the alter of Hvmen. that
sanguinary vengeance which despair-
prompted, and my wrongs justified.
1 hey soon came. I here was a
sudden silence n the hall; I raised my
eyes, and beheld the happy couple
standing on the floor, their attendants
ranged on either side. The whole
company pressed forward to look upon
the fair bride. Never had Fanny tap
peared so lovely to my eyes as then.
A long white veil fell lightly over her
fttrehead like a milk white cloud float
ing before the evening star; she blush
ed, and the. .carnation, on... her cheek
shown like the glancing sun beam on the
Hill of Benlonien.rMer tressess were
darkerthfHhe ra
fdiaJjLglosay curlsdown her neck and
ivory shoulders. Her form was thg
perfectioaajfJiiwaajyinmetry; jhe
wis a statue of Medicat animated to
life by the warmest, brightest fire of
Heaven, exhibiting a constellation of
beauty where every charm mingled
its light in one unbounded blaze. I gaz
ed upon her, and the recollection of
former times came rushing on my
soul. I thought of the many evenings
I had spent with her in this same hall
under happier circumstances; of the
many protestations of eternal love ex
changed between usas we wallked.arm
and arm, to church of Sabbath morn
ings, and of the times we have loitered
on the banks of a neighboring river,
and sitting; beneath the umbrageous
oaks, would talk of IheJair prospect of
happiness when we should be united
in marriage as. jve were in. affection.
Often had she fold me in these ram
bles, that Heaven had designed us for
each other, I for her and she for tne;
and little did I dream that I should
ever behold her thebrideof another. I
could not behold it. A thousand times
would I have rather gone with a sprig
of rosemary in my fingers to view her
in the ruins of death. And. here let
me beg the reader to forgive my weak
ness. Mock not my misery. If you
cannot sympathize with the afflicted,
let us part. I write for those of sof
ter mould, with more of the1; "milk of
human kindness" in their nature, who
can feel another's woe, who love 'to
bind the broken spirit, and to pour the
balm cf consolation into the agonized
bosom or despair. '.There are 'such;
slid ye generous few, I thank you in
tha name of the afflicted whose sorrows
you delight to soothe; I thank, you in
the name of all who have experienced
the blight of ruined affection. Cheer
them by thy kindness if : thou . canst,
for their hearts have become, desolate,
JL0S3.
and they stand in need of all the con
solation to be derived from tenderest
sympathies, of friendship the virtu
have none to bestow,
But to return to ray story, r .the
venerable minister, who was to .unite
the happy couple in wedlock, now as
sumed his station on the floor, and in a
moment all was silence. Whilst he
was at.'eressing to theua a few prefato
ry admonitons I suddenly made, my
way through the crowd and planted
myself at my rival's back, ; I laid my
hand upon my dagger ;'twas strange,
my heart began to latter in its steadi
ness. Then it was that the enormity
of the act which I was about to perpe
trate, flashed across my mind in all its
horror. He still looked like the
frind of ovr youth to imbrue tny
hands in his blood to murder him
it seemed too horrid; I trembled in ev.
ery joint, and a cold perspiration be
dewed mo forehead. And yet must
he triumph in my ruin hntlt he not
wronged me is not vengeance mine,
and shall I shrink from the meditated
blow? There was a mighty , conflict
in my bosom, between its gentle im
pulses and angry passions. Hut ven
geance triumphed. I thought my ri
val beheld me: and in the look which
he bestowed tlte re seemed to be an air
of exultation and haughty defiance
that reinvigorated my nerve reani
mated my resentment. Again' - he
stood before me in all the blackness of
his guilt, a perfidious demon, who had
mercilessly robficl!nYeofmy 'life8TTif,-"arrd sentiment gave way to wit and
life." The
seed
minister -proceeded
in the
ceremony, "if any
know a lawful reason why this couple
should not be joined in the holey state
of matrimony, let theni speak." "He
paused asTf for a reply. Now was
my time. I touched the bride upon
the shoulder: she turned, "lie not
alarmed," I cried,, "jor I meditate no
injury to rou. O Fanny, when I ad
mired the diamond brightness of your
beauty, I' dill hot think your bosom
had the diamond's hardness too" I
could say no more; utterance forsook
me; and in the frenzy of despar, twist
ing my fingersHn the locks of the be
wildered bt'idegrnent, at one convul
sive effort I felled him on the floor,and
planted my knee upon his breast.
The whole company were petrified to
marble. Before they could sufficient
ly Tecover from tneir panic, to render
assistance to the imploring victim at
my feet, I snatched my pistof from
(lie
pie. At this moment the
fr Vanny
i!if iha hv lianri nml irivin
gsntle nd afTectlonaTe pressure, she
said, "corat, come, are you not going
to write in my album? It lias been al
most an hour since yon sat down for
that purpose." "W rite in your ai
hum fair creatu
1 w.'" write in 3
re," said I, why yes.
your aiDum;" and so
saying I aroused from the reverie , into
which I had fallen from the time 1 took
my seat by the table, and was much
relieved on finding that the above
dreadful circumstances existed only in
a dream of imagination. Again I dip
ped triy pen in the stand, and having
nothing poetic about me, I penned the
above. Thestage horn summoned me
as I finished, and I just had time to
print on Fanny's lip the Parting Kiti.
From itte' AJitcettamf.
FRENCH LtTEItARY LADIIES.
MADAME GEOFFHIN.
1f-..jrrr. . J, ffn..fl 4,fffif4
huabaTniW'the-hnsband
f "
other distingished, blues,? was a thor
owghly insignificant personage---a per
fect cipher in his own house. Grimm
tells some amusing stories of him. He
was in the habit ot borrowing books of
a friend, who, by way of joke, lent
him the same book several times over.
It happened to be a volume of Father
Labat's Travels. Monsieur GeoRiin,
with the most perfect simplicity, read
it over every time it was lent him.
Well, sir," said hin friend, "how do
you like the travels? "Oh, very good
very good intleetij WKvji-lUiiik, the
author a little given to repetition." A
literary foreigner, who had frequently
Jined. at Madame ueollrtn's without
knowing her husband, asked her one
day, after a long absence from Paris,
vatiat had become of the poor gentle
man he used to meet there, and who
always sat without - opening his lips.
"Oh," said the - lady, "that was my
husband, he is dead. "
She was celebrated for her can-
mot$, of which many are preserved by
Grimm and . other writers of the day.
The Count de Uoigny was one day
at her table, telling, as was his wont,
interminable stories. Some dish be
ing set before hint, he took a little
clasp knife from his pocket and began
to help himself preVmg away all the
while. "M. leComte," said Madam
Geoffrin at" last, ootyf patience, "at
dinner, we should have large knives
and little stories. One of her lit
eraray friends, M. de Uolhiere, hav
ing threatened to publish Some very
imprudent remarks en the conduct . of
the court of Russia, from the sale' of
which he expected lo make a Urge pro
fit, she ofVered him a handsome sent to
out his mamncnirl in the fire, from a
n-iiiMl.natoreil '"wittU to keen him from
getting himself into trouble. The
lL.-iU.LaU.
author began to talk, in "a high tone
about honor : and independence, and
the baseness of taking money as a
ell, well, said she, with a rqaiet
smile, "say yours'elfhow , tuuchinore
you must have. "- .
, The AlarquTs&tu Drffant.
Beside-sJIoutde Yesle.she
had" another lover, the President
Ilcnault, (he historian. There is an
amusing anecdote of their llaiton,
which has the advantage, too, of being
authcn-'ic. 'Ihey were both complain
ing one day of the continual interrup-1
tions they met with from the society
in which they lived. "What a pleasant
thing it would be," -said Madame du
DcH'ant, "to have a whole day to our.
selves!" The lover eagerly caught
the idea, ami it was determined to put
it in execution. They found a small
apartment in the Tuilleries, belonging
to a friend, which was tinocxupied-;
and there they resolved, like Scged,
the Emperor of Ethiopia, to spend "1
nappy days lltey nnvetl acccord
'"n'.Vt fccjtarate carriages, about ele
ven in the forenoon; urdered their car
riages to return at twelve at n ght, and
bespoke dinner from a traiteur. The
morning was spent entirely to the
-satisfaction of both parties, in the usu
al conversation of lovers.
"Well!" they could not help say
ing every now and then, "were
every day like this, life WituJd really
be too shurt."
Dinner came, was heartily partaken
gaiety, auuui mix .tie ;viarquio look
ed at her wawhr -
"Athalia is to bi? played to-uicht.
and the new actress ia to make her ap
pearance." '
"I must own," said the President,"
that were 1 not here, I should regret
not seeing ner.
"Take care, President; vha,t ynu
say is an expression of regret. Were
you as happy as vou profesi to be,
you Ticver wouhl have thought of the
possibility of going to see the new
actress."
The president defended himself,
and in turn became the-accuser.
it for you to complain of me, w hen you
were the first to look at your:; watt h,
and to remark that Athalie was to be
acted to-night? Then ought to be no
watches for people who are happy."
The dispute went on. The loving
pair got more ami more out "of-humor
with each other; and by seven o'clock
would both of them have been verv
would both of them
I glad to scperate. Cut that was im-
;1twMAM.. :' -.1--'
f,Ah" cried the""Marni1e; ''r can
never stay Here till JweJre o'clock;
lour hours 'nnger what a penance!"
1 he Marquise went and sat down
behind a screen, leaving the rest of the
room to the the Preside nt."' Piqued at
this, the gentleman seizes a pen.
writes a note full of reproaches, and
throws it over the screen. The lady
picks it up, goes in searchflfeftTtnln
and paper, and writes ad answer in the
sharpest terms. At last the happy
hour of twelve struck; and each hur
ried off separately" resolved never
again to trysuch an experiment.
Her death was charactcaistic of her
self and her society. '
Her dearest friends," says Grimm,
Madame deLuxembourg, Madame de
Choiseul, and Madme de Cambric,
were constantly with her in her ill
ness. Ihroush an extraordinary ex
- 4, - rr,wnW ft.- I.Jt... ..1 . .,
I , - uiiMviiiiicil, iiicdc lauivn J. XT'
lit Ino every evening in her bed
room till she had drawn her last breth."
Another writer says that hep; visiters
happened, in the middle of their game,
to discover that she was dead, but sat
still, and played it out with great
composure.
"E.yr.Hoy or Chahactrh.- -Seeing
these three words the other day in a
paper, we were struck' with the im
portance of this combination of letters,
and are induced to dilate somewhat
upon them. Energy of character is
the philosopher's stone of this life, and
it" should be engraved- upon every
heart. It is that which hhs peopled the
temple of fame, that which has filled
the history page with great names, in
the civil and 1 military world that
whi()t ha brought a race frem barbar
ism, drawn the veil from science, and
developed the wondrous powers of
nature. It makes men great, and it
makes men rich. First or last it' brings
with it success. ! Without it, Webster
would still have been a New Haimp.
shire lawyer, Tom Kwing a Uuckeye
salt boiler.andHBerHrraiiklin a journey
man printer." Without it, Demosthenes
would have stammered on to bis graved
and Cincinnatus died a common sol
dier. Shakspeare would have been
shot far poaching Pope died selling
tape Roscoe lived selling beer, 'by
the small' and Bonaparte have gone
oat nit ho world a Corsican bully..
With it, each one has not only done
much tor himself, much, for his day
and generation; but much for, the
world in the past, the present , and
Mi future -. ' s j -
IN- !..r.i i :n .1. ii..
r.nergy ui ciiamtier win uu ihc ."
thing fur any man in a. small way that
it has done for those. I Give- the .-law-
I verenerrr of character, and he will
'succeed at the bar without talent, . It
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is the secret by which the merchant,
the artist, the scholar, and the mertian.
ic, arrive at distinction artel : wealth,.
If they tsrrtOTcrliify" tfy-'igaini" VeT
contrary winds bear them down; or,i .-i
down, they will pot stay down. The
man who has energy of character will -
rise in spite ot circumstances, in ifutt
of urtune, and in spile of opposition. '
ut man ruiaor, ami ne is a made -
man, put him where you will, and ;
surround him by what yoo will. It
is this , fact that gives u confidence
that the American people will rise
front their present depression as soon
as the blast lias blown over that
threw them down. In defiance of SuU--Treasuries,
suspensions, bad curren
cy, and every other evil that malic
and ignorance can fix upon them, the .
people of this country have enemy
enough ts rise and to prosper. He ,
who gives up in despair,, cuts away ,
Utis sheet of his canvass, because he ,
finds contrary winds in his passage, is - ,
but a poor navigator. ,
THE BILL OF PAINS AND P"ENf
ALT1K9. Mr.vGrundy's bill to prevent the cir
culation of Five 'Dollar Notes of the
late Bank f the United States Ythe '
only circulating medium in some parts
of the country) was on Friday ordered
to a third reading in the Senate by
n arly a prty vote, the division upon
it having been Yeas 27, -Nays J.--
Without some explanatiun, it will ap
pear very extraordinary, after the hes
itation and shriukii. 'from the vote
upon this bill on previous days, that it
should at last have pined the Senate
by so large a majority.- The explana
tion, which has thus become so neces
s.irv, we proceed togive,
The first section of the bill, as re
ported by Mr. Urutuly, was, word and
tetter, as loitows:
"Unit it enacteil, Vc. That in all can
where the -charter of any corporation which '
bus iieen or mny ue ereatcil ny aet of Congre
01 ine u 11 ilea nuie shall oave eioired pr mty
hrreafler expire, if any director, uiiicet, or --r -gent
of the said corporation, or any trade ,
inereoi, or any agent or olitcer ol such lrulee,
or an person having in hi possession or un
der hi control the property of the said corpora. ""
lion for the porpoas) of paying or redeeming its
notes and obligations, shall knowingly . Usue,
re-insoe, or utter aa money, or In any " other
way knowingly put in circulation any bill.not.
check, dralt, or other security, purporting lo
Have been maoe ry any sucli coiporalion, '
whose charter has expired, or by any ofQoer
thereof, or purporting to bave boon niade emler
authority derived therefrora.or if any htrtan r
pet-tent hall konwingly uitt und a mil in an
Mck art, every peraou aaf oQendina shall tie
deemed guilty ol' a high misdemeanor, and, on
couvitmuii thereof, tlun lc buniihud tw s Jim
iceeumg; ren ..yrri , er C 6e(h qui ft, it TSnrf
ImprituHmrnt. ' r : : "
It was in this form that Mr. Grun
dy de'iveretl his Speech upon it; that
hia fiiends declined coming to his aid,
and that it wss laid upon the table.
And, when we look at its provisions
is it any wonder that Senators stood'
aghast at its deformity? ' Here it a
penalty proposed of Ten Thousand
Dollars, or a Penitentiary confinement
of Ten Years, or both, for the. per
forinanceKby any individual in socie
ty, of an act as influrent as can well
be conceived, and which is performed
at this time, everylay in the year,
by thousands and thousands jf indi
viduals, viz. the uttering almwey
the outstanding notes of iheIiank of .
the Unitetl States! That such a nroo-
osition should siirinj from the mind f
any sane man could not be believed
ffittirtbTevfgrc--wM- r;ii.v
defies in black and white, before as,
that it had received the sanction, of a .
cunuiiittee of the Senate, by whom it
was seriously reported fur the tonsid-
eration of that august body. j . -. .,
lu that shape, however, it would
have been impossible that- the bil(
should pass the Senate. 1 " , - ,
It was, therefore, on the tin r when - V
it was taken up fur further cossUleraV
tion, amended, , .by striking out ,,tlie -words
"confinement to hard labor not
exceeding ten years," and inserting irr., .
lieu thereof the words. "confinement...
not less than one, l nor excelling ten
years," thus expunging from it the o
dious ten years penitentiary feature. , "
A further amendment was made, al
so, M mucU mors moment, by which
people generally are excepted el(o,
gethcr front its operation, and it is lim
ited to jiflicers, agents, and trustees tf
the late Hank of the United States..
This amendment -was effected by add
ing to -the first section, as above, the
following Proviso.'.. ,; , '
: "Provided, That nothing hercin'eontalticd .
shall be construed to make it unlawful for any ' '
persoq (not being such dire tor, officer, of a- ''"
gent of the laid company, or any trustee tbereof, . i .
er any agent or officer ot 4eh trustee, or any
person having in hi potsewion or -under hie
control property of the Corporation (ot the pur- ;
pose aforesaid) who Its received, or may here- -alter
receive, such hill, , check, draft, ot P
other eeeonty, bona Bde and ia) tha ordinary I r ,
transaetUm of buaineaa, to utter, a money ot ,', '
otherwise circulate the amc a T .-'
The.bill , thus, , metamorphosJ, ifg'' -'
cneir venom oemgeiiracteu, c.tijoti- ..
ty of.th'Setiate have U;i induced fol'
order to third sealing, snd will jo- . ,
hably pass, antiaend to the other House'
for concur,? tice. ' ' '"h.
. Wh,Vr'the bill shall pass the' H.A- ';
nl Representatives of not, ; is of little,
consequence, excepting as it may pro-' :,
duce temporary IncdHventence to thsj
v a.;-.;'iv .
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